2.1 How Different Cultures Have Different Moral Codes • Observed fact: different cultures have different moral codes o different things taboos and obligatory o even opposing things as the Darius anecdote illustrates among the Greeks one is morally obliged to cremate the dead one is morally forbidden to eat them among the Callatians one is morally obliged to eat the dead one is morally forbidden to burn them 2.2 Cultural Relativism • Relativist Conclusion drawn from facts like
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Many historians have argued whether who was victorious in the War of 1812. Some claim Britain won‚ America lost and vice versa. In the Treaty of Ghent‚ ante bellum or the return to status quo meant Britain had won‚ but ultimately America was successful and gained long lasting benefits. Knowing the causes of the war and the events that went on can help give a clearer view on how America was the ultimate victor. A great deal of pressing‚ or impressment‚ went on between the British and American Navy
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Outline the key concepts of Just War and Pacifism. A01 [21] The Just war theory maintains that war may be justified if fought only in certain circumstances‚ and only if certain restrictions are applied to the way in which war is fought. The theory that was first propounded by St Augustine of Hippo and St Ambrose of Milan ( 4th and 5th centuries AD) attempts to clarify two fundamental questions: ‘when is it right to fight?’ and ‘How should war be fought?’. Whereas Pacifists are people mainly Christians
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Laid the groundwork for a "broad" interpretation of the Constitution. Provided a restoration of the status quo ante bellum. Take a narrow view of the Constitution. The armed confrontation between U.S. and British forces along the Maine-Canada border. Would not tolerate any new European colonization in the New World. A French foreign minister’s demand for
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and Tony Blair relate to the justification of going to war with Iraq in 2003. O’Driscoll‚ after explaining the justification of both presidents then relates these justifications to jus ad bellum‚ a Latin term which constitutes a more moral lethal question‚ when is it “just” or legitimate to go to war? Jus ad bellum is part of just war theory‚ which over the years has gained two different entities‚ contemporary just war theory‚ or in plainer terms the older traditional way of justifying punitive wars
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set of guidelines that have been made by historians and philosophers over the years. This set of rules is called the jus ad bellum or right to war. The six guidelines included in this set are as follows: legitimate authority‚ just cause‚ right intention‚ last resort‚ reasonable chance of success‚ and an end goal of superior peace. I believe that‚ according to the jus ad bellum‚ the declaration of the First Crusade by Pope Urban II was just. The first of the rules that must be examined is legitimate
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Just war theory is a set of normative principles that determines when military force is just (jus ad bellum principles) and how war can be executed (jus in bello principle). Although war is generally characterized as aggressive‚ destructive‚ and morbid‚ there are basic principles that ought to guide the conduct during wartime. Under jus ad bellum‚ the most important principle is that war must have a just cause. This means that the causes that resort to military force must be appropriate. For
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Proportionality and (6) Last resort. Just war theory was developed by theologians Augustine and Aquinas. This will be further discussed in the essay. In addition to this these 6 requirements can be categorised in 3 parts – Jus ad bellum‚ Jus in bello and Jus post bellum The first legitimate reason for war ‘Just cause’. This can be defined as – only go to war if there is a good enough reason. If the isn’t other than personal beneficial gain then it’s totally unacceptable as Augustine quotes Aquinas
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the existing Roman ‘justum bellum’ and the Old Testament‚ where It has been said that God has consented to war or even commanded it. Aquinas further developed Ambrose’s theory‚ going more in depth to the reasoning behind it. Emperor Constantine elaborated on the theory and split it into three parts‚ after making it official law within the Roman Empire. The three parts that the Theory was split into are Jus Ad Bellum‚ Jus In Bello and Jus Post Bellum. Jus Ad Bellum is about justice in the decision
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imperative. Jeremy Bentham argues that the end justifies the means and if there is a good will and humanizing measures‚ a war is justified by the total good outweighing the total war (Moseley‚ 2009). This is demonstrated by the principles of Jus As Bellum‚ a set of guidelines ensuring the greatest good comes from the least destruction thereby creating a just war (Dear‚
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